S cientists are fascinated by a 2000-year-old device, called the Antikythera mechanism that is also known as "the first computer." BGR reports that the ancient astronomical calendar found in an ...

Remember the ZEOS Pocket PC? Perhaps you knew it as the Tidalwave PS-1000. Either way, it was a small clamshell computing device that was first released all the way back in 1992, and perhaps most a… ...

The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient shoebox-sized device that is sometimes called the world's oldest computer for its ability to perform astronomical calculations. Discovered by sponge divers ...

Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first computer.

X-ray imaging in the 1970s and 1990s revealed that the device must have replicated the motions of the heavens. Holding it in your hands, you could track the paths of the Sun, Moon and planets with ...

A hand-powered clock from 2,000 years ago revealed a big secret with new astronomy research. The Antikythera mechanism's calendar ring likely followed the lunar year.

Amazingly, the device incorporated the knowledge of ancient Greece, Babylon, and Egypt together in a single machine. There are dials and hands on both the front and back faces of the device.

The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called the world’s first computer, may not have functioned at all, according to a simulation of its workings.But ...

Cosmic Research Hints at Mysterious Ancient Computer’s Purpose. ... a 2nd-century B.C. device recovered from divers in 1901 off a remote Greek island in the Aegean.

An ancient Greek shipwreck where a remarkable analog computer was found has yielded fascinating new insights. The remains of the Roman-era shipwreck—dated to the 1st century B.C.—were ...

Characterized as an ancient analog computer, the object was probably used to predict planetary positions, moon phases, and eclipses. Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) holds the Antikythera in ...